Dive Review of Reef Divers/Little Cayman Beach Resort in
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Reef Divers/Little Cayman Beach Resort: "Lil Cayman Christmas '23", Dec, 2023, by Bobby Munno, NY, USA ( Sr. Contributor 27 reports with 21 Helpful votes). Report 12860 has 1 Helpful vote.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling	N/A
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Comments	Not being our first choice, we settled on returning to Little Cayman Beach Resort for our Christmas dive trip due only to convenience and availability. Airfare was excessively expensive, as anticipated for holiday travel from NYC. Having to overnight on Grand Cayman at an inferior hotel for $700US+ was egregious. Reef Divers @ Little Cayman Beach Resort is a well-oiled machine that sent 3 boats of approximately 20 divers each out daily for 2 morning dives and 1 afternoon dive. They tout valet dive service which includes tank-BC delivery to bench-seated divers on the boat's dive platform, tank-BC removal post dive and swapping out bottles after each dive. Valet dive service is a nice amenity for the elderly and infirm but regularly resulted in over 10-minute waits on the bottom for the rest of the group and accompanying dive guide. Our 7-night, 17-dive package (5 days @ 3 dives plus 1 day @ 2 dives) included Nitrox. Only 1 night dive was available and at an extra cost of over $115US each. Three buffet-style meals per day were also included. The food was delicious, varied and plentiful and resulted in both the wife and I putting on more than a couple of pounds each, good for New Year's resolutions. The dive shop manager was not on island but Icelander Ragnar, the second-in-command, Captained, guided and ran the operation seamlessly and superbly even with 3(?) new hires on staff. Many of the dives were on the wall of Bloody Bay on the island's north side with incredible terrain and many swim-throughs. Dictated 60 min./60 foot max. depths on dives 2 and 3 was a bit oppressive, however, and resulted in often returning to the boat with 1,500 psi. While 4 shark species, 3 ray species and 2 turtle species were seen, many reef fish were not. During the week, I only saw 1 trumpet fish and at less than 6" long. On the night dive we did find 3 squadrons of squid in the water column including a huge cloud of 1" fry but zero slipper lobsters and octopuses. The waitstaff at meals were pleasant and attentive but the bartenders left much room for improvement in service and attitude. The resort has a serviceable pool & hot tub deck and a south-facing sand beach with waterfront palapa-covered hammocks, coconut palms and beach chaise lounges. Bicycles and kayaks are available for guest usage.
Websites	Reef Divers Little Cayman Beach Resort
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Bahamas, Belize, Bonaire, Cabo, Cancun, Carriacou, 3 Caymans, Cozumel, St Croix, Curacao, Dominica, St Eustatius, FL, Grenada, HI, St Helena, Iceland, Jamaica, LI, St Lucia, Mntsrrat, NYC, Palau, PA, Philippines, Poland, Roatan, Saba, Socorro, Tobago, Turks&Caicos, Utila, St Vincent, Yucatan cenotes
Closest Airport	LYB	Getting There	NYC to GCM to LYB is simple enough but check connection times. Our direct flight to GCM required an overnight due to a too-tight connection interval.
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy	Seas	calm, no currents
Water Temp	81-84°F / 27-29°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	81-100 Ft/ 25-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	no
Enforced diving restrictions	maximum depth on second and third dives was enforced
Liveaboard?	no	Nitrox Available?	yes
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics	N/A
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities
UW Photo Comments	The dive boats lack a camera rinse tub and only have a camera table which was crowded with iPhones, coffee thermoses, water bottles, clothing, dry bags, dive guide breakfast sandwiches and hard-boiled eggs (yes, some knucklehead regularly brought a hard-boiled egg to feed the fish) leaving little room for dive cameras. There were 2 camera rinse tubs at the dive shop but were the furthest rinse tubs from the boat dock. Serious UWPs will be disappointed but there is a Backscatter-affiliate on site.

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Dive Review of Reef Divers/Little Cayman Beach Resort in Cayman Islands/Little Cayman

Reef Divers/Little Cayman Beach Resort: "Lil Cayman Christmas '23", Dec, 2023,

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Dive Review of Reef Divers/Little Cayman Beach Resort in
Cayman Islands/Little Cayman